***Official*** English Domestic Season 2008

[Scaly piscine]

Absolutely pathetic from Durham, might have stood a chance if dead-set imbecile Chanderpaul had gotten out earlier.

Just handed this game on a plate to the southern tossers. Need a miracle from the bowlers.

 

[Goughy]

Rose Bowl looks great

 

[Scaly piscine]

Shame the pitch is piss poor, slow rubbish pitches nullify the quality on show.

I mean it's a joke when Gareth Breese is a bigger threat with the ball than a fired up Harmison.

 

[Scaly piscine]

God now the woman's commentating and keeps getting the names wrong. Ugh.

 

[BoyBrumby]

Super knock from Henderson. Absolutely flayed the bowling (particualrly severe on Harmison) and Middlesex pissed it.

Strange innings from Chanders, it must be said. 2020 not his game, clearly.

 

[stumpski]

Final getting plenty of build-up here. Did they have all this last year?

 

[Scaly piscine]

Dunno why, it's going to be crap cricket because of the pitch. Expect to see dobbers and sloggers continuing to dominate after the new ball phase.

 

[Goughy]

Joyce looking creamy here

 

[stumpski]

Just got me thinking ... if the batsman gives himself room, and the ball passes between his pads and leg stump, should it be called wide? Technically, it's 'down the leg side' even though it's passed him in front of his body. Looked like that happened there, although it may have brushed the pad or the top of the boot.

 

[stumpski]

Expect to see dobbers and sloggers continuing to dominate after the new ball phase.

Not surprising to see Henderson doing well, then. First time I've seen him in fact, how come he isn't in South Africa's one-day team?

81-2 at the midway stage.

 

[BoyBrumby]

Just got me thinking ... if the batsman gives himself room, and the ball passes between his pads and leg stump, should it be called wide? Technically, it's 'down the leg side' even though it's passed him in front of his body. Looked like that happened there, although it may have brushed the pad or the top of the boot.

McLaren just did almost exactly that. Passed between the batsman's legs but definitely down the leg side. No wide call.

Henderson gone now. Big moment for Kent.

 

[Goughy]

Unusually, Nasser talking rubbish.

Shah being "delicate and wristy" whilst Henderson "clubbed it". Shah has been nothing like that.

Shah has clubbed it across the line just as much as Henderson. Absolute stereotypical nonsense

 

[stumpski]

That catch against Henderson was interesting, wasn't it? The umpires were saying to the third umpire, "we think it's a bump ball" but it was given out. And it looked the right decision, but we didn't get the best replay until the batsman was back in the pavilion. Until recently, of course, they wouldn't have been able to check for that, only to ascertain whether it was caught cleanly.

 

[BoyBrumby]

Impressive knock here from Owais. 75 off 34 currently I think.

EDIT: FFS goes the very next ball. McLaren knocks him over slogging across the line. 162/4 off 16.3, should be a winning position.

 

[Goughy]

Its amazing the World we live in now. Seamers getting reverse swept

 

[stumpski]

Its amazing the World we live in now. Seamers getting reverse swept

But would you try it against someone bowling reverse swing?

 

[fredfertang]

And to think Jones was England's keeper only a couple of years ago!

 

[BoyBrumby]

Great bowling the the death again from Mahmood & Arafat, but I think Middlesex have enough.

Did anyone else think Owais sounded South African in that interview with Colville, btw?

 

[Goughy]

Great bowling the the death again from Mahmood & Arafat, but I think Middlesex have enough.

Any one that talks about the lack of skill in T20 needed to watch Azhar Mahmood at the end.

One pace L&L bowlers get hammered. Those that show the variation (and in this case fantastic variation) prosper. The way it should be.

 

[Scaly piscine]

Sounds like the ball is coming on to the bat more with the dew - no bad thing.